The president hoped to quell the anger. Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a High Commission for Children to compensate for the absence of a ministry dedicated to this crucial issue. But child defense associations are worried that this decision will be insufficient this Tuesday.
“We regret that the executive does not intend to appoint a full minister. A High Commissioner will probably not have the same political weight, nor the same means and capacity for action,” said Isabelle Moret, general director of SOS Children’s Villages, an association which coordinates the Dynamics for Human Rights. child, collective of 27 organizations.
“We are waiting for concrete actions”
“Childhood must become a real priority at the center of public policies and no longer be invisible,” judged Isabelle Moret. “We must act, someone must take charge of this file, manage it and implement it, with the human and financial resources to respond to the challenges,” she continued. “Reports have been published about young people's mental health problems or the crisis in social work and nothing has changed. We are now waiting for concrete actions on the attractiveness of social professions or child psychiatry care for example,” she underlines.
On Saturday, President Macron announced the creation of a High Commission for Children for January, ensuring that “the protection of the youngest” was “at the heart of [son] commitment” and “will remain so for the next thirty months”. Emmanuel Macron decided to outsource this subject to protect it from political instability between now and the end of his mandate in 2027, the newspaper noted. Le Figaro who first reported this presidential project.
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